India’s central bank surprised markets with a jumbo rate cut, seizing on cooling inflation to frontload monetary easing and bolster economic growth amid heightened global uncertainty.

The lone economist who predicted the Reserve Bank of India’s out-sized interest rate cut on Friday expects another smaller reduction before the central bank hits a pause.

India's central bank cut interest rates more than expected on Friday, citing muted inflation and a need to kickstart economic growth as the impact of US tariffs weighed on the country's outlook."This changed growth inflation dynamics calls for not only continuing with the policy easing,